WAEC nabs 6 teachers for WASSCE exam malpractice

Accra, Ghana - In a bid to uphold the integrity of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has arrested six teachers and invigilators for engaging in various forms of examination malpractices.

The arrests, made during the first week of the examination, also saw a significant number of students from both public and private schools across the country being caught for various infractions.

According to WAEC's Head of Public Affairs, John Kappi, the six teachers were caught red-handed writing answers for candidates and committing other forms of malpractice.

"In terms of teachers, I can say so far, we have about six of them who have been picked up for various offences. 

“With the candidates are a lot of them. It is not easy to give the number right now. We are still putting together the figures, and as and when we are able to compile the list, we will be able to put out the figure.,"he stated.

"We have picked up in some of the areas where we were told that they wanted to collect money, and then assist the candidates. We have realised that there has been a lot of... We set our monitors around - there were actually widespread examination malpractices. 

“They were able to pick up a number of them. In fact, it's overwhelming. We have looked at the numbers, and basically, it's about them having foreign material on them and then, in some cases, there's a report about them writing on the board for the candidates to copy,” he said.

WAEC has assured that all those involved will face the consequences of their actions, in accordance with the rules governing the examination.

In a separate development, Serwaa Nyarko Senior High School in the Ashanti region has reported that three of its candidates have failed to participate in the ongoing examination, with attempts to reach two of them proving unsuccessful.

The school has a total of 792 candidates registered for this year's WASSCE.

In an interview with JoyNews, Rev Benson said "Out of the 792, three are absent. One of the absentees has travelled outside the country, but for two, we do not know why.

"So currently we have 789 students sitting," he said.

He also noted that no examination malpractice has been recorded at the school.

"We realised that the students move out frequently during the paper (ostensibly to urinate), so we had to restrict them," he said.

Source : Lead News Online